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Monday, August 20, 2012

New DVDs: Movie Madness Monday

Clarissa (Volume One and Two)
Clarissa Harlowe is a young 18th-century Englishwoman. Her family have
aspirations to move into the aristocracy and want her to marry the
repellent Mr Soames as part of their plan. Clarissa manages to escape
from them with the help of the handsome Lovelace, whose intentions
towards her prove to be less than entirely honourable.

After Dark Horrorfest III
It includes eight of the most scream worthy films such as Autopsy, Slaughter, The Broken, The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations, Perkins, Voices, Dying Breed and From Within.Collateral Damage
After his family is killed by a terrorist act, a firefighter goes in search of the one responsible.

Eraser
A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.

Over the Top
Lincoln Hawk is a struggling trucker who's trying to rebuild
his life. After the death of his wife, he tries to make amends with his
son who he left behind years earlier. Upon their first meeting, his son
doesn't think too highly of him until he enters the nation-wide arm
wrestling competition in Las Vegas.

Homegrown
Life is good for Jack, Carter and Harlan, three inept ne'r-do-wells who
help run master dope-grower Malcoms flourishing marijuana plantation
somewhere in northern California. But then Malcom is suddenly bumped off
by a mysterious assailant, after a moment of panic, the naive trio
decide to take over the business themselves. However, their lazy days on
the dope farm have ill prepared them for the high-stakes game of
finding buyers for millions of dollars of contraband. As they plunge
into a shadowy new world of duplicity, double-dealing and danger, they
soon find that they have gotten in way, way over their heads. But driven
on by increasing greed and paranoia, it's too late to back out.

I'm All Right Jack
A naive aristocrat in search of a career becomes caught up in the
struggles between his profit-minded uncle and an aggressive labour
union.

DruidsIn 60 B. C., Vercingetorix is a strong,
peaceful Gallic chieftain with a legacy to protect his fellow Druids on
the Celtic Isles. But when Julius Caesar and his Roman army declare war,
Vercingetorix has no choice but to fight. Reunited with his childhood
love and armed with little more than raw courage, Vercingetorix unites
his people and prepares them for the battle of their lives.

Dark Kingdom: The Dragon KingDark Kingdom: the Dragon King tells the tale of the orphaned prince,
Siegfried, who learns his true identity and must regain his lost kingdom
and battle a terrible dragon protecting an ancient and evil ring. A
huge hit on German television, Dark Kingdom uses lavish effects and fine
acting to conjure a fantastical Nordic world of warriors, dragons,
Valkyries, princesses, heroism, and danger

Once Upon a Texas Train (Western)
Captain Hayes of the mighty law enforcement squad named the Texas
Rangers reached the pinnacle of his career when he captured the
notorious John Henry, an outlaw cowboy, and put him behind bars. Twenty
years later, upon his release, Henry is older but unrepentant. Within
six hours after leaving his jail cell, he evens the score with Hayes by
holding up the Bank of Texas for $20,000 in gold. Hayes, in his fury,
gets himself out of retirement to take up the chase once more.

Operation Delta Force 5: Random Fire
Operation Delta Force II: Mayday director Yossi Wein makes his return to
the franchise with this fifth installment of the action series. This
time around, the elite task force is assigned to handle a Middle-Eastern
terrorist mastermind who is using mind-control techniques to create an
army of willing suicide bombers. It's a race against time to prevent any
more death and destruction, but when the bad guy gets his malevolent
paws on soldiers from the Delta Force, the stakes get even higher.

The Cheyenne Social Club & Firecreek (Western)
In Firecreek, Henry
Fonda plays an outlaw preying on small towns, and James Stewart is the
jittery, $2-a-month part-time lawman who must find the courage to stop
him. This will be some showdown!

The Cheyenne Social Club casts them as saddle-weary Texans who,
surprised to find they've inherited a Wyoming bawdy house, feel
honor-bound to defend it against a gun-wielding gang. Gene Kelly
produces and directs this mix of fun and Western action. Hombre & Broken Arrow
Martin Ritt's
HOMBRE is based on a novel by Hollywood favorite Elmore Leonard. Paul Newman stars as John Russell, a white man raised by
Apaches. When his last living relative dies, Russell inherits property
that he decides to sell to a man in a neighboring town. So, Russell gets
a ride on a stagecoach, along with seven other white passengers, to
make the sale. However, when Russell's Apache heritage is discovered,
the other passengers force him to ride on top of the coach. Along the
way, the coach is raided by thieves who steal its horses and a
substantial amount of money from one of the passengers, named Favor.
Russell is able to get the money back from the thieves, but Favor's wife
has been taken hostage and, robbed of their horses, the passengers are
stranded. Russell is indifferent to the fate of Favor's wife, but the
group cannot argue because he is the only one among them who knows the
way home. Chased by the thieves for the money they still have, the group
has to make a stand at an abandoned mine where they call on Russell to
save Favor's wife.

Broken Arrow: An interesting depiction of relations with the Indians in the frontier West that
focuses on the relationship between cavalry scout Stewart and Apache
chief Cochise (Chandler). The scout's attempts to head off an Indian war
are complicated by his love affair with an Indian woman.

Teen Witch & the Heavenly KidTeen Witch -- Louise is not very popular at her highschool. Then she learns that she's
descended from the witches of Salem and has inherited their powers.

Heavenly Kid -- When Bobby dies in a car accident he is not allowed to enter heaven but
has to stay in one of the lower levels until he has worked enough as an
guardian angel in order to deserve paradise.

Agatha Christie: Marple Collection
Return to post-war England for mystery and a cup of tea with Agatha
Christie's most popular creation. The consummate prim and proper
crime-fighting spinster, Miss Jane Marple sets down her knitting needles
to unwind the most ingenious crimes. As she travels from city to
countryside and even the Bahamas, murders, missing bodies and haunted
dreams have a habit of falling across Miss Marple's path - which is
precisely when, "tail up and head down," the beloved aunt and godmother
goes into action.

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